US launches permanent artificial heart

Technology channels () message: according to Xinhua electric United States food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced that it expects only one month of life, and are not suitable for heart transplant patients with severe heart disease, you can choose to install a permanent artificial heart. 　　　　This is the world's first fully replace cardiac function and can complete the implantation of artificial heart, is the United States first approved investment of artificial organs for clinical use. The medical equipment evaluation and research officer Daniel · Schultz, Ph.d., 6, pointed out that this is human in nearly 40 years of heart transplantation discovery road marked an important step, "milestone"-meaning. This fully implanted permanent artificial heart is named "Abbey" by the United States industrial Denver inorganic pharmaceutical companies manufacturing, weighing about two pounds, similar in size to the grapefruit, titanium and plastic, $ 25 million.